Germany Suspects Sabotage to Russia’s Nord Stream Gas Pipelines
Germany Suspects Sabotage to Russia’s Nord Stream Gas Pipelines
Germany suspects the Nord Stream gas pipeline system was damaged by an act of sabotage, in what would amount to a major escalation in the standoff between Russia and Europe.
The brain geniuses over at reddit think Russia went deep into NATO territory to bomb their own pipeline, that they could shut off from their own side at any moment.
I've seen an absolutely beautiful lib take about the sabotage of Nordstream:
They admitted that it doesn't really make any sense for Russia to do this, so Russia totally DID do it to seem more "unpredictable and crazy" and therefore make the threat of an escalation to nuclear warfare seem more credible. Perhaps they can use the heat generated by these kinds of mental gymnastics to keep warm during the winter.
The enemy is both calculating, strong, cunning, strategic, logical, has brilliant tactics, and at the same time unpredictable, nonsensical, emotional, short-sighted and weak.
I wonder who has a vested interest in making sure the EU doesn't negotiate with Russia. I also wonder who's been selling the EU gas at viciously inflated prices. Hmm...
This is coming a week after Russia said they stopped a Ukrainian attack on energy infrastructure linking Russia to Turkey and the rest of Europe as the article mentions but for some reason doesn't link to (and this is better to avoid the paywall anyway)